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West Heslerton

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West Heslerton is a village and former civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, southeast of Pickering. The village lies within the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 308. The village was named on early maps as Heslerton Magna. The village name is thought to be derived from the Old English words hæsel ('hazel'), or a derivative thereof, and the word tūn ('enclosure'). Thus it once meant "hazel enclosure". The village is the site of one of Britain's largest archaeological excavations, that of a large settlement which seems to have been occupied for several centuries until about 800 AD. The settlement flourished during late Roman/early Anglo-Saxon times, but may have been occupied for a considerable length of time before the arrival of Romans in Britain. The site covers over and contains the traces of more than 200 buildings. Excavations of Cook's Quarry in the village, unearthed a cemetery containing 250 skeletons of people buried between the 4th and 7th centuries AD. Along with East Heslerton, it forms the civil parish of Heslerton which had 409 residents at the 2001 census, with the population remaining unchanged at the 2011 census. The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail and the Centenary Way long distance footpaths run just south of the village. Heslerton Cricket Club play in West Heslerton and field two teams in the Scarborough Cricket League. The entire village was owned by the same family for over 150 years, until 2016, when the land and property remaining in Estate ownership was put up for sale for £20 million following the death of its last owner, Eve Dawnay, in 2010. Miss Dawnay was a great-granddaughter of William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe and of Lt.-Col. Arthur de Vere Capell, Viscount Malden, son of the 6th Earl of Essex. The estate was purchased by Albanwise, a Norfolk-based land and property investment company which is ultimately owned by the Vighignolo Investment Trust (a not-for-profit organization), Albanwise has ever since then invested to preserve the village historic heritage and maintain the surrounding landscape The A64 trunk road passes through the village.

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